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Innovation in our DNA |
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Who we are |
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From young digital upstarts we have grown over six years into a business that combines cutting-edge digital innovation with deep business rigour. |
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<p class='epsilon'>We are proud to have helped launch a number of successful start-ups and to have supported global enterprises embrace digital disruption.</p> |
<p class='epsilon'>Along the way our digital products have helped young people to have a national voice, improved safety, cast actors, made TV ads, played bingo and unlocked locker doors.</p> |
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Innovation in our DNA |
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From inception pebble {code} has championed a love of experimentation and invention. |
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<p class='epsilon'>Our ability to innovate is driven from an open, collaborative culture that promotes autonomy over micro-management and working software over meetings.</p> |
<p class='epsilon'>Our culture allows us to help clients take new digital products to market, revolutionise existing business processes and find innovation in even the dustiest of drawers.</p> |
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Award Winning Innovation |
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By promoting experimentation and exploration our team challenge clients to be brave and think differently. |
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<p class='epsilon'>We have won awards from Blue Chips and InnovateUK as well as patenting technical inventions. Whether we are creating a high-frequency audio tagging product or a musical instrument made from bananas our thirst for innovation is what drives the team and our culture.</p> |
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Accelerating Digital Innovation |
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By seeding talented technologists into client teams we are able to accelerate both the delivery of digital products and building internal capability. |
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<p class='epsilon'>We are strong advocates of learning by doing and would rather help clients understand Agile by running a project than sitting in a classroom. We advocate continuous delivery and helping clients to ship digital products as soon as possible.</p> |
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Leadership Team |
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George Ornbo |
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Managing Director & Co-founder |
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Expert developer, ex-McKinsey, author of Sam's Teach Yourself Node.js in 24 hours and writes for Guardian on technology matters. Clients include Shell, Cancer Research UK, Energy Saving Trust and Prince's Trust. Edinburgh University. |
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Toby Hunt |
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Director & Co-founder |
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Board member for various digital businesses and also co-founder of pebble.it. Expert in leadership and managing teams on rapid development projects and passionate about affecting positive technological change and digital transformation. Previously worked as a business systems analyst and project manager at M&S. Durham University, Computer Science. |
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Alex Butcher |
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Director & Co-founder |
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Expert software architect specialising in fault tolerant system design. Passionate about continuous delivery and the application of agile and lean principles to improve processes. Durham University, Computer Science. |
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John Mildinhall |
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Creative Director |
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<p class='card-excerpt'>On a mission to make people's working lives easier by giving them truly great software. Combining rigorous user research with a dose of inspiration and creativity, his team crafts applications that place power into the hands of the user - saving time, providing deeper insights and smoothing processes.</p> |
<p class='card-excerpt'>He has a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology, is the co-author of Heads up Psychology, and has designed industrial control interfaces, trading systems for global banks, intelligence systems and scientific research platforms. Clients include EDF, HSBC, National Grid and AstraZeneca.</p> |
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Stephen Allott |
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Chairman & Adult Supervision |
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<p class='card-excerpt'>Some time Crown Representative for Small & Medium Enterprises in the Cabinet Office and UK delegate for the D5. Chaired BACFI, Jacobs Rimell, Parc Technology, Inforsense, Applied Generics, COE Group Plc, The Red Gate Council of Advisers, Tideway Systems and Trinamo. NXD on Bright Computing, Trampoline and Zeus.</p> |
<p class='card-excerpt'>Founded the Cambridge Computer Lab Ring and co-founded Trinamo. President, CFO and main board director of Micromuse Inc. (NASDAQ MUSE). Worked for McKinsey, Sun Microsystems, Xerox and Essex Court Chambers.</p> |
<p class='card-excerpt'>Graduate of Trinity College Cambridge, Barrister (Gray’s Inn), Member of the Bar Council of England and Wales, City Fellow of Hughes Hall Cambridge University.</p> |
<p class='card-excerpt'>Bike nut.</p> |
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Core Team |
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Drawn from a range of unique backgrounds, our core team of designers, developers and creative technologists are passionate and commited to innovation. We create Awesome! and have fun doing it! |
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Interested in Innovation? |
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Download our 5 steps to Innovation eBook now. |
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5 Steps to Innovation (pdf) |
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